startUp messaging hierarchy

[Martin Koob]

Hmm...  

Just looking at dictionary for widgets and it has an OnOpen message that is
sent to the widget when a card becomes the current card.  So I think that
message would be part of the startup messaging hierarchy  

Is that correct?

Martin


Martin via use-livecode wrote
> Hi
> 
> Your post made me curious.  I am sure I had seen this discussed in the
> forums with someone providing a good explanation but can't find it now
> either.
> 
> I did find this.
> 
> http://fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/revolution_message_path.html
> 
> That shows the extended message path with Behaviors & Libraries. I don't
> think that changes the messages that are sent at startUp. However if you
> had
> a /startUsing/ command  for a library stack during startup that stack
> would
> get a /libraryStack/ message.  I am pretty sure that behaviours don't 
> send
> any messages when the object they were the behaviour like a card or stack
> for was opened. I have no idea what widgets would do.
> 
> Hopefully someone will respond.
> 
> A good explanation of this would be a good thing to put in the
> documentation
> somewhere.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> FlexibleLearning.com via use-livecode wrote
>> I find myself unable to answer this rather basic question, and cannot
>> locate
>> any information...
>> 
>> e.g.
>> This is both incomplete and also most likely incorrect...
>> 
>> startUp (if engine is not already loaded)
>> - frontScript:
>> -- PreOpenStack
>> -- PreOpenCard
>> -- openStack
>> -- openCard
>> -- preOpenBackGround
>> -- openBackground
>> 
>> preOpenStack
>> preOpenCard
>> openStack
>> openCard
>> preOpenBackground (if closed)
>> openBackground (if closed)
>> 
>> - backscript:
>> -- PreOpenStack
>> -- PreOpenCard
>> -- openStack
>> -- openCard
>> -- preOpenBackGround
>> -- openBackground
>> 
>> Anyone?
>> 
>> Hugh
>> 
>> 
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